The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 12
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 12
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources
1778, _Livres_ _s._ _d._
May 27, To amount of a second account, ditto 23,037 11 10
1781,
April 6 To commission at
1/2 per cent on 25,000)
30,000) = 199,000 in
144,000) bills on Paris, 995
" " To amount of the account of interest
at 6 per cent per annum, as
particularized hereafter, 1,167,250
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Livres, 6,274,844 11 6
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_Contra Cr._
1777, _Livres_ _s._ _d._
Aug. 23, By net proceeds of the returned
cargo of the _Mercury_, 18,728 7
1778,
Feb. 27, By ditto, ditto of the
_Amphitrite_, 135,338 8 9
April 17, By remittance to Mr Francy of
20,000 dollars at 4 for 1 is, at
5 livres tournois for a dollar 25,000
May 26, By ditto of 24,000 dollars at
ditto ditto 30,000
Oct 22, By net proceeds of the returned
cargo of the _Teresia_, 124,139 9 6
1779,
May 5, By ditto of the _Amelia_, passed
on _memorandum_, waiting the
final of accounts of M. Carabasse, the
shipper in this affair.
June 26, By net proceeds of 231 hhds tobacco per
the _Fier Rodrigue_, reduced to
to 115-1/2 on account of the freight
being one half, 74,905 3 9
1780,
June 25, By remittances on Dr Franklin to the
15th of June, 1780, viz.
74,000)
72,000) = 144,000[7]
_Livres._ _s._ _d._
1781,
April 6, By balance due to me from the honorable
Congress, 5,722,723 2 6
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Livres, 6,274,844 11 6
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Errors and omissions excepted.
Paris, April 6th, 1781.
[7] There appears to be an error in adding up this sum, viz.
74,000 and 72,000, amount to 146,000.
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_Dr the Honorable Congress in their new Account Current with Caron de
Beaumarchais_.
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